The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-15
NEWS IN BRIEF.
The Illinois Supreme Court met yes
terdaE, but made no announcement in
the Anarchists case.

Munchrath for the murder of the pro-
hibition advocate, Rev. Geo. G. Had
dock, began September 9.
Jno. 7. Ross, colored, has been
hanged at Baltimore for the murder of
Emily Brown, white, whose body he
sold to the medical college.
Lieutenant Governor Waterman, of
California, took the oath of office 5
Governor September 18th, the eXecu-
tive chair having been made vacant by
the death Of Governor Bartlett.
The bodies of three men who were
killed Friday in New York, by the
caving of an excavation for the new
aqueduct, were recovered Saturd. V.
They were crushed in horrible man
ner.
New York S Socialists have presented
their petition for the appointment of
inspectors of election. They say they
control $4,000 votes in their county
and contemplate putting in the field u
State ticket.
A boiler explosion occurred in An
derson county, South Carolina, Sep
tenber 10, wounding Patrick Stegall,
one Of the owners, and Frank Ander-
son, colored, both fatally, and two
Others painfully.
Durham, \. c., voted subscription
of 500, ,000 Saturday to the Durham
and Northern road. This road is de-
signed to give connection with the
Seaboard and Roanoke road, giving a
direct line tO Norfolk
There were reported September 18th,
fifty new cases Of cholera and twenty.
deaths at Nessipa..- 9s1iHAsteas-e.en zen new case:
anrsA4ld anAl eleven deaths at Cantania; anC
eleven new cases at Palermo. Else
where the disease is stationary.
Eighteen barrels of new Louisians
nolasses were received at New Or
leans September II from st. John the
Baptist parish and classed choice. II
sold at 80 cents per gallon. This is
the earliest ever known.
A wild scene was caused among the
Western Uuion crowd in the New
York Stock Exchange September 8 by
the announcement that J. Gould haG
bought the Baltimore and Ohio tele.
graph lines for s., 100000 in Western
Union stock.
The Prohibition Convention al
Staunton, Va, September 18th, nomi-
mated H. F. Lyle and NJ K. Fultz, two
prominent citizens Of the county, as
candidates for the Legislature. The
party proposes making vigorous can
VaSS.
Steamships City of Columbia and
City of Atlanta were sold at auction
Friday, under judgment of foreclosure,
to Charles NJ. English, the first named
for $3.50, 900, and the latter for SS0, 600.
The steamers will probably run be-
tween New York and Charleston dur
ing the season.
The north-bound train on the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad jumped the
track at Tilnberville, Va, Saturday
morning. The tender, express, smoker
and one passenger car were thrown
down an embanknent and part of the
parlor car was derailed. No person
was seriously nurt.
Information from Manchaca, near
Austin, Texas, is to the effect that the
two train robbers supposed to be sur
rounded in a pasture four miles from
Manchaca, never entered the enclosure
at all, and the officers found they had
been given the slip.
The Manitoba Railroad extension
reached the crossing Of Beaver creek,
virtually Fort Assaniboine station, at
sundown September 8. The garrison
turned out and the 10Th regiment
band greeted the track layers with
music. Some $1,000 changed hands
on the result, most of the betting be.
ing on the track reaching there by De-
cember 5th. What next!
The imports of gold into New York
for the week ending September 10
amounted to S3,0S1 $3.50, of which
81, ,950,452 came from Europe, and
S13l,l78 from South America. This
does not include 81 ,SS9, ,623 which carne
from on the Ems Saturday. The ex-
ports of specie for the week were
$500, 1856, of which S265, ,575 was in sill
yer and S40,S1O gold.
Acting Land Commissioner Stock
slager has prepared a statement show
ing that the estimated number Of
acres restored to the public domain
under the August orders of the Secre-
tary of the Interior revoking the in
demnity Withdrawals is q 323 500, ex-
elusive of l,5l3,000 acres within the
limits of Indian reservations. This
embraces the roads in regard to which
the restoration orders have thus far
been issued.
Advices from Tuscon, Ariz., are to
the effect that a tremendous flood has
swept away fully twenty miles of
track of the Southern Pacific railway
between Tucson and Benson. Full
details of the disaster are not yet
known, but the officials of the South
ern Pacific declare that it will cause
entire cessation of traffic over that
route for at least two weeks. The
disaster is of the most serious in the
history of the road.
The trial of the Bald Knobbers at
Jefferson City, Mo-, came to sudden
Friday afternoon by the
defendants in body entering a plea
Of guilty. The jury rendered verdict |
Of guilty in each case. Col. Boyd then |
withdrew all motions for new trials |
and announced that the prisoners
awaited sentence. Judge Krcckel said |
ae would not pass sentence before !
next week. The men are all young,
If good characters, none of them being |
over twenty-one years of age. There |
S no bloodthirsty demand for ven-
5eance, and it is generally believed
hat the sentence will be mild.
A telegram from La Libertas, San
via Galveston, says: 1t is
'eported that La Union was occupied
IN the night of the eighth by govern
nent troops after an engagement in
which several men were killed and
wounded. Francisco Baralona, leader
# the revolution, was wounded. The
evolution has been completely sup
pressed.
Four men, supposed to be filibusters,
ecently appeared off Matansas, Ha-
ANA, in small vessel. Owing to a
ack of wind they were unable to
make landing and they decided to
win ashore, After great exertjons